Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) struck a nerve with Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) when she made a pointed comment about Republicans’ position within the long-running authorities shutdown throughout a gathering of the Home Guidelines Committee Tuesday.
“Welcome back from your eight weeks of taxpayer-funded vacation. It’s good to see you,” Ansari stated to Foxx proper earlier than being reduce off by the congresswoman.
“I’m going to interrupt you,” Foxx stated. “I am sick and tired of hearing you all say we had an eight-week vacation.”
Ansari reduce in and replied, “That’s exactly what happened.”
Pressure escalated as Foxx went on to defend her place.
“I worked every day,” she stated. “I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to hear another soul say that.”
Whereas Foxx was talking, Ansari informed her that she additionally “worked every single day.”
“I hope that you all enjoyed yourselves while American families looked at their letters from their health insurance companies, terrified that their insurance premiums were going to double or triple while the House was out of session for 53 days. That is unacceptable, Madame Chair,” she continued.
On Sunday, eight Democratic senators stated they might assist a spending invoice that might reopen the federal government.
The invoice doesn’t embody core provisions, akin to extending subsidies for Inexpensive Care Act well being plans, that many within the Democratic Occasion had been preventing for. The subsidies, that are scheduled to finish this yr, have been on the middle of Democrats’ arguments for not supporting a Republican invoice. The choice was considered as a betrayal by critics and people in the Democratic camp.
The invoice handed the Senate Monday night time. The Home is predicted to vote on it someday Wednesday night.
